continuing it just like my brother did it and my father did it and my grandfather did it. it goes back all the way to the bible days. they had marched 175 kilometers overnight. a journey that ended here in the disputed golan heights along the syrian border. the cadets families joined them for the final stretch. joshua used a sword to conquer from jericho. nobody picked up their bags and said, dear joshua, god promised you. here it is. historians trying to piece together the truth think the meaning of the story is less clear cut. one of the problems we ve got is that it s very difficult to tell an israelite from a canaanite. they think dna testing will show that the jews might go back
on our journey through the lands of the bible, we found ourselves lingering in the old city of jerusalem. here in this place that is so sacred to jews, christians, and muslims. it is easy to imagin your way back to about 1970 b.c. when the bible says the famous king solomon reigned. solomon became in a sense the very ideal of the oriental emperor as sort of a magnificent king. under david and solomon, the israelites were able to amalgamate into a pretty powerful kingdom. and his brothers whose lust and pride wreaked havoc on their kingdom. solomon becomes the greatest king because he is of the biggest dynasty and yet he has none of the sins, none of the faults of david. solomon is known as the man of peace. and a man of wisdom.
said, dear, joshua, god promised you. here it is. historians trying to piece together the truth think the meaning of the story is less clear cut. one of the problems we ve got is that it s very difficult to tell an israelite from a kanenite. they think dna testing will show that they might go back to the same ancient. they are one of the same. not only would you have to throw out the story, but you might find out the palestinians are related. they re either cousins or brothers. what does that do to modern politics. everything is wrapped up in one big mess. up next, lies, sex, and murder. it s all part of the story of the famous king david. but did he really slay goliath?
even though the wisdom of solomon is legendary, it turns out like his father he had flaws too. his government is inflated. he runs according to forced labor. he s marrying and marrying hundreds of wives and hundreds of concubines who took his heart astray. the wives he took to enhance ties with foreign kingdoms turned him to their idols and eventually corrupted his own relationship with god. and the story of solomon s downfall is a window into the practices of the early israelites. people worshipped many gods. you could pick them up. you could see them. you could pray to them and expect that they would have effect. this wasn t the judaism that we know today. archaeologists have found evidence that the israelites worshipped idols before david. and until the time of jesus. there are those who say i
only you. he shows me evidence ha that the pyramids were not built by the israelites. this is an egyptian name. all the names found in every tomb here, completely egyptians. and he says the way the workers were buried also provides evidence that they were not slaves. he believes they were simply poor laborers who paid their taxes by toiling for the pharaoh. a tomb of a pure man who has nothing. he built a mud brick tomb and beside him, a yard to have a beer in the afterlife. beer were invented in ancient egypt. they had michelob. the krd that tidea that the were built by israelite slaves is a popular misconception. but there is evidence that the israelites did work on other building projects in ancient